Wave-motor.



51M Ben amin Cutler,

Patented NOV. 29, 1910.

TTNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN CUTLER, OF CRAWFORDSVILLE, OREGON.

WAVE-MOTOR.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN CUTLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Crawfordsville, in the county of Linn and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ave-Motors,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for storing the power from waves, theobject of the invention being to provide a structure constructed in suchmanner that the force of the oceans waves may be utilized to storecompressed air in a tank from which it may be used to drive a compressedair engine.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a wave motorconstructed in such manner that the force of the waves may be utilizedthroughout the rise and fall of the tide.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed despription which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of one of the compression chambers.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures ofthe drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates the shore line andthe numeral 6', the water level of any large body of water, such as anocean, sea, or lake. Upon the inclined bank 5, a plurality ofcompression chambers 6, 7, and 8 are located in such position that thewaves will enter one or the other of them as the tide rises and falls.The lowest position of the tide is indicated in Fig. 1. Air conductingpipes 9, l0, and 11 lead from these chambers to a storage tank 12. Anoutlet pipe 13 leads from this storage tank and serves to conductcompressed air therefrom to any desired point for use.

A safety valve lt is preferably provided upon the tank 12 and checkvalves 15 are located in the pipes 9, 10, and 11 and open toward thetank 12. The chambers 6, 7, and 8 are provided with anchoring points 16which, together with braces 17 and anchoring stakes 18, serve to firmlysecure the chambers 6, 7, and 8 in position. A bracket 19 is carried bythe chamber 6 and serves to support the pipes 10 and 11 from thechamhers 7 and 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1910.

Serial No. 570,513.

As is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, the chambers 6, 7, and 8 are closedat their upper ends and open at their lower ends. It will be understoodthat as the waves sweep into said chambers, the air trapped therein willbe compressed by the moving body of water with considerable force due tothe inertia of the body of water, and will be forced through the pipes9, l0, and 11 past the check valves 15 and into the tank 12. It willfurther be apparent that this action will continue substantiallythroughout the rise and fall of the tide, for the reason that by thetime the lowermost chamber 8 is submerged, the waves will begin to sweepinto the next chamber 7 and that by the time this chamber is submerged,the 1yyaves will begin to sweep into the cham- From the foregoingdescription, ,it will be seen that simple and eflicient means are hereinprovided for accomplishing the ob jects of the invention, but while theelements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes forwhich they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention isnot limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes withinits purview such changes as may be made within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a storage tank, of a plurality of compressionchambers open at their rear ends, said chambers being disposedsuccessively in advance of each other and upon an inclined plane, pipesleading from said chambers to the storage tank, check valves in saidpipes opening toward said storage tank, and a plurality of anchoringpoints carried by each of said chambers.

2. The combination with a storage tank, of a plurality of compressionchambers open at their rear ends, said chambers being disposedsuccessively in advance of each other Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

and upon an inclined plane, pipes leading posed successively in advanceof each other and upon an inclined plane, pipes leading from saidchambers to the storagetank,

check 'valves in said pipes opening toward said storage tank, aplurality of anchoring points carried by each of said chambers,

, braces extending between said chambers to held them in proper relationto each other,

and a bracket carried by one of said cham- BENJAMIN CUTLER.

Witnesses H. M. ROBERTS, R. V. HENDERSON.

